[unlisted]

To add to the debate... I'm a bit of a light nut (as I'm well known on another forum) and I run both "old school" (with new technology) round lights and LED lightbars.

For old school (heh) I have Lightforce 240 Blitz HID. I currently own four but plan on selling two as 4 is excessive overkill. These things throw light about 1.5 km down the road in a very useable beam. If you are sitting 1.5 km away from these, you can literally (and easily) read a newspaper with the light these are producing. Unless you are spending close to $1k on a LED lightbar, you won't get this type of results. If you don't know what lightforce is, Alaska State Troopers run a non HID version on their patrol vehicles, and they are very, very popular in Australia in the outback. I was out in Western Canada last year with a pair of the lightforce, driving on a dark highway. Across a valley (about 2 miles through the valley) there are rail tracks- these were so annoyingly bright the oncoming train started flashing his main light at me to turn them off.. I complied and their light stopped flashing.

Led Lightbar - I have a single Rigid 20 inch E series in spot. Shines pretty far (shines about 800 meters) and also throws light to the sides very well.

Led Lightbar - I also have a pair of Whelen Dual Slimline Pioneers which throw allot of light both forward and all around.

And yes, they are all going on my new ram.. Somehow.. I'm hoping to find a pushbar type mount for the round ones, and the leds I plan on mounting above the cab, probably on a truck cap. I may change this up depending on my mood. If I could start all over again I'd run a pair of Lightforce 240 XGT 50 watt HID and also a 20" Rigid Hyperspot at the very least.

 

[DeVil]

Heres a pic of how I did mine.....might start some ideas in your head...:smileup:

I like that setup a lot, where did you get the mount and how did you wire it?

I am debating between connecting to the fog lights or giving the LED bar it's own switch.

 

[Jschipani27]

The led bar is a sure way to dress it up.

 

[Ghostknife]

I have the 4 Hella 700s with HIDs, the throw is amazing. Far superior to the cheap led bars I've seen. Haven't been able to compare to a rigid bar though.

 

[Ghostknife]

here is a quick pic of my set up, thanks to a buddies snap chat

 

[Boosted]

Definitely go with a light bar setup....

 

[unlisted]

Definitely go with a light bar setup....

What grille/light combo is that,and would it fit a 14 laramie with those active grille shutter thing-a-ma-bobs?

 

[phantom4]

That Hunter bull bar is nice, but not for over a $1000!

****Hmmm, the black powdercoated one is listed for $1110, but the chrome is for $120. They must of messed up the pricing on the black one or the are VERY proud of there powdercoating.

 

[Boosted]

What grille/light combo is that,and would it fit a 14 laramie with those active grille shutter thing-a-ma-bobs?

The grille and light bar are made by Rigid Industries and will be available in a month or so. Yes the grille and light bar work with the active shutter system on my truck and it will work on your 2014 as well.

 

[KA1OTE]

That Hunter bull bar is nice, but not for over a $1000!

****Hmmm, the black powdercoated one is listed for $1110, but the chrome is for $120. They must of messed up the pricing on the black one or the are VERY proud of there powdercoating.

Wow. Yeah. :SHOCKED: That has to be a typo error on the price.
If you click on the amount sold link, it shows you that someone bought one in July for $110. So, yeah. It is a typo. I just sent the seller a note bringing it to their attention. Hopefully they get that fixed soon.

 

[unlisted]

The grille and light bar are made by Rigid Industries and will be available in a month or so. Yes the grille and light bar work with the active shutter system on my truck and it will work on your 2014 as well.

any idea on price? Of course Rigid doesn't have any info at all on it..

 

[Bordin]

Bars look cleaner, but got a westin bar on order so rounds are going on that.

All depends on the look you want.

 

[LDSSixPointFive]

I agree; depends on what you want and the mounting situations. Old Indy's like the Pella 500s still have more throw and vertical splash. It's also real easy to "googly eye" the 500 mounts per weekend environment and need.
My quad had two 500's and a two row 15" which makes a insane combo, so much I never use it due to hunt/fish advertisements. I still plan to duplicate that with a bar on the new truck.

 

[anothernewb]

The grille and light bar are made by Rigid Industries and will be available in a month or so. Yes the grille and light bar work with the active shutter system on my truck and it will work on your 2014 as well.

if they make that in a chrome look finish, that might just be what I need to push me over to the bar setup.

 

[Megaram5233]

Plus 1 for round lights

I have always liked the look of the round lights and my Kc day liters throw light a long ways. Much better now that I moved them from the front bar to a roll bar.

 

[Grunt0311]

I am one of the few, if not the only one, who votes for the round KC type. I love my Hunter bull bar and plan to have KC 123 driving lights on it here shortly (whenever the IRS decides I can have my tax refund, lol!).

I am not sure why, but the LED bars have never looked right to me. They look great installed on other vehicles, but I just don't think they would look all that great on mine. Call me old fashioned. I just prefer the round appearance of the KCs and when compared to no aftermarket driving lights at all, just pure OEM, the KCs give off a fair amount of light (at least the model I plan to purchase). And even though I am one who appreciates light, and a lot of it, I just cannot picture installing the LED bars on my Ram - just not the appearance I am going for.

I have attached some pics for you to consider. It is totally up to you which route you go - much like someone else already mentioned, it is about what look you are trying to accomplish just as much as it is about the light output.

One main reason why I went with the Hunter brand and this specific model, is because, unlike other brands, this one doesn't block most of my beautiful chrome grille. This is what my rig looks like for now with just the Hunter bar installed:

And these are the pics posted by another member that inspired me to go this route:

How hard was the install on this? Was there any cutting required, such as with the airdam?

 

[kcamacho]

Heres a pic of how I did mine.....might start some ideas in your head...:smileup:

that is exactly waht i am looking to do. can you send more info about the install and hardware?

thanks

 

[Boosted]

any idea on price? Of course Rigid doesn't have any info at all on it..

Now available.... http://www.rigidindustries.com/led-grilles/41585

 

[ryan69]

I have a 20" hardline light bar, and I love it! I do most of my driving early in the morning or late at night going hunting, fishing or to work. For a switch I bought an old school floor dimmer it works as an on/off just fine.

I bought it from here:
http://hardlinelighting.com/store/index.php?route=product/category&path=59

 

[Tiny718]

anyone install led light bars on these? which size did you use?